Calling WCF Services: A better way than generating a proxy

gaurav_verma_mca

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How to create a generic WCF proxy using Generics and Lambda Expressions.

wcf.zip
- WCF
  - WCFClient
    - App.config
    - bin
      - Debug
        
        WCFClient.exe
        
        WCFClient.exe.config
        
        WCFClient.vshost.exe
        
        WCFClient.vshost.exe.config
        
        WCFClient.vshost.exe.manifest
        
        WCFInterface.dll
        
        WCFProxy.dll
        
        WcfService1.dll
    - Program.cs
    - Properties
      - AssemblyInfo.cs
    - WCFClient.csproj
    - WCFClient.csproj.user
    - WCFClient.sln
    - WCFInterface
      - bin
        
        Debug
        
        WCFInterface.dll
        
        WCFInterface.pdb
        
        Release
      - IService1.cs
      - obj
        
        x86
        
        Debug
        
        TempPE
        
        WCFInterface.csproj.FileListAbsolute.txt
        
        WCFInterface.dll
        
        WCFInterface.pdb
      - Properties
        
        AssemblyInfo.cs
      - Service References
      - WCFInterface.csproj
    - WCFProxy
      - bin
        
        Debug
        
        WCFProxy.dll
        
        WCFProxy.dll.config
        
        WCFProxy.pdb
        
        Release
      - LamdaProxyHelper.cs
      - obj
        
        x86
        
        Debug
        
        TempPE
        
        WCFProxy.csproj.FileListAbsolute.txt
        
        WCFProxy.dll
        
        WCFProxy.pdb
      - Properties
        
        App.config
        
        AssemblyInfo.cs
      - WCFProxy.csproj
    - WcfService1
      - App_Data
      - bin
        
        ClassLibrary1.dll
        
        ClassLibrary1.pdb
        
        WCFClient.exe
        
        WCFClient.pdb
        
        WCFInterface.dll
        
        WCFInterface.pdb
        
        WCFProxy.dll
        
        WCFProxy.pdb
        
        WcfService1.dll
        
        WcfService1.pdb
      - obj
        
        Debug
        
        ResolveAssemblyReference.cache
        
        TempPE
        
        WcfService1.csproj.FileListAbsolute.txt
        
        WcfService1.dll
        
        WcfService1.pdb
      - Properties
        
        AssemblyInfo.cs
      - Service1.svc
      - Service1.svc.cs
      - WcfService1.csproj
      - WcfService1.csproj.user
      - Web.config
      - Web.Debug.config
      - Web.Release.config
  - WCFService
    - App.config
    - bin
      - Debug
        
        WCFInterface.dll
        
        WCFService.dll
        
        WCFService.dll.config
    - Properties
      - AssemblyInfo.cs
    - Service1.cs
    - WCFService.csproj


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Hi I have been working on enterprise applications for last six years.

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